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No. 624,796. Patented May 9, I899.

R. L. HABDIN.

WALL PROTECTOR.

(Application flied Nov. 12, 1898.)

(No Model.)

//v VETOI? B) W/TNE SSE S NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RICHARD L. HARDIN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO RICHARDII. HARPER, OF SAME PLACE.

WALL-PROTECTO R.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 624,796, dated May 91899. Application filed November 12, 1898. Serial No. 696,250. (Nomodeli) T0 aZZ whom it may concern.- 7

Be it known that I, RICHARD L. HARDIN, of Chicago, in the county of Cookand State of Illinois, have invented a new and Improved.

vent soiling wall decorations When cleaning windows, door-frames, orbase-boards.

A further object of the inventionis to so construct the device that itmay be held against the woodwork and bear against the wall withoutinjury to either and be held in proper position with one hand while theother hand is employed in cleaning.

Another object of the invention is to so shape the device incross-section that it will incline toward the woodwork to be cleaned,-engaging at its depressed edge with both the woodwork and the walladjacent thereto, effectually preventing fluids from working between thedevice and the wall.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed outin the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portion of a window-frame and aportion of the wall to which the frame is secured, also a perspectiveview of the improved device in position upon the wall; and Fig. 2 isahorizontal section through the wall and the windowframe shown in Fig.1, the device being in plan View and in position.

A represents a window-frame, B the wall to which the frame is attached,and O represen ts the body portion of the improved wallprotector. Thesaid body portion of the protector is preferably made from a singlepiece of metal or other waterproof material, and the said body comprises a front plate or blade 10 and a flange 11 at the outerlongitudinal edge of the front plate or blade, and-said flange extendsfrom the under face of the plate or blade at a right angle thereto. The

rearlongitudinal edge of the flange 11 is made to taper in oppositedirections from the center, as shown particularly in Fig. 1, and at thecentral portion of the flange a cushion 12 is secured in any suitable orapproved manner.

A handle 13 is provided for the body 0 of the device, the handle bein gplaced about centrallybetween theends of the body and adjacent to theflange 11, over and beyond. which the handle extends. The handle 13 maybe made of the same material as the body of the device or of a differentmaterial; but preferably the handle is of a non-yielding substance, andthe handle is bent or so formed that its outer face is convexed and its;inner face concaved, While a curved flange 14 is formed at the outerlongitudinal edge of the handle. Ahandle so formed may be readily takenin thehand, the fingers of said hand entering the concaved portion ofthe handle, while the palm of the hand engages with its conveXed face.

In operation the cushion 12 is made to bear against the wall, while theinner longitudinal edge of the blade of the body is carried against thewindow-casing and rests upon the wall. Thus it will be observed that thebladesection of the body when the device is in use is given aninclination in direction of the woodwork to be cleaned, so that fluidcannot flow back of the device, and it is furthermore evident that thedevice may be held by one hand against the wall andin engagement withthe woodwork to be cleaned, leaving the other hand free for cleaningpurposes. It is fur+ thermore obvious that no matter how delicate thecolor of the wall, it will not in the least be discolored or soiledwhile the woodwork is being cleaned, since the device can be moved alongthe edge of the woodwork in any direction necessary to preserve andcover the wall adjacent to that portion of the woodwork that isundergoing the process of cleaning.

It will be evident that the inclination or taper of the flange of theprotector in oppo site directions from its center enables the device tobe readily adapted to surfaces to which it could not be convenientlyapplied were they flange of uniform width throughout.

It is further evident that any meansmay be provided for hanging up thedevice when 2. A Wall-protector conslsting of a body, which bodycomprises a front or main plate and a flange at the outer longitudinaledge ofsaid main plate, said flange being tapered in opposite directionsfrom its center, a cushion located at the central portion of theinclined edge of the flange, and a handle attached to the body at itsflanged edge, which handle is curved over and beyond the flange, theinner face of the handle being concaved and its outer face convexed, asdescribed.

RICHARD L. I-IARDIN.

Witnesses:

M. E. PLATT, E. R. CONGDON.

